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November 13, 2019
Edward R. Reines, of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's life sciences practice, helped a major biotech company block its competitor from continuing to infringe a DNA manipulation method over the past year, earning him a place among Law360's 2019 Life Sciences MVPs.
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November 13, 2019
Jonathan Polkes, co-chair of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's global litigation practice, scored a Tenth Circuit victory in the $4 billion litigation following Archstone-Smith Trust's acquisition and won Fifth Circuit approval of a settlement he negotiated for Willis Towers Watson as a result of the R. Allen Stanford Ponzi scheme, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Securities MVPs.
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November 13, 2019
Elizabeth A. Cooper of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP helped steer Refinitiv in its $27 billion acquisition agreement with the London Stock Exchange and Oaktree in its $4.8 billion deal to sell a majority stake in its business to Brookfield Asset Management, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2019 M&A MVPs.
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November 13, 2019
Floyd Mandell, the founder of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP's intellectual property department and widely renowned trademark lawyer, recently brought in a key trademark victory for Gatorade, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 IP MVPs.
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November 13, 2019
Daniel L. Geyser of Geyser PC handled four U.S. Supreme Court cases in a one-year period, securing victories before the high court in a securities suit over the private right of shareholders to sue and a dispute over bankruptcy protections for consumers, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Appellate MVPs.
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November 12, 2019
Brandon C. Parris of Morrison & Foerster LLP guided a bevy of billion-dollar deals over the past year, including clearing regulatory hurdles as part of Sprint's $59 billion tie-up with T-Mobile, earning him a place as one of Law360's 2019 M&A MVPs.
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November 12, 2019
Douglas "Chip" Rettew of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP led the maker of Vagisil to victory in a trademark fight with a rival and helped secure a copyright win for the estate of a music legend, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 IP MVPs.
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November 12, 2019
Christopher P. Borello of Venable LLP's life sciences practice worked against GlaxoSmithKline to secure an $89.7 million inhaler patent infringement verdict for U.K.-based Vectura Ltd. and helped Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals uphold a weight loss medication patent, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Life Sciences MVPs.
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November 12, 2019
Brian W. Kittle of Mayer Brown LLP helped Bank of America achieve a jurisdictional win in a tax refund dispute, and he separately assisted Cross Refined Coal in snagging a victory in Tax Court, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Tax MVPs.
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November 12, 2019
Andrew Pincus of Mayer Brown LLP has argued dozens of cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, and the justices handed him a big win this year with a ruling restricting classwide arbitration claims, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Appellate MVPs.
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November 12, 2019
Jeroen van Kwawegen of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP's securities practice has made a mission out of fighting for shareholders harmed by corporate wrongdoing and has racked up some big wins over the past year, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2019 Securities MVPs.
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November 08, 2019
The elite slate of attorneys chosen as Law360's 2019 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.
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December 17, 2018
Ron I. Erlichman of Bracewell LLP helped close on the financing and equity arrangements for a $1.3 billion Ohio natural gas electric generation project this year, earning him a spot among Law360's 2018 Project Finance MVPs.
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December 17, 2018
Matt Hurd of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's life sciences practice shepherded Bayer through its record-breaking acquisition of Monsanto, worked on a merger that created a $1.75 billion generics pharmaceutical company and advised Amgen Inc. on a $10 billion stock offering, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Life Sciences MVPs.
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December 17, 2018
Justin Savage of Sidley Austin LLP was able to help reach a settlement with The Sierra Club on a case over standards for formaldehyde in wood products, making him one of Law360's Environmental MVPs for 2018.
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December 17, 2018
Christopher Morrison of Jones Day secured a jury win in June representing the Boston Red Sox against a fan hit by a foul ball at Fenway Park, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Sports MVPs.
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December 17, 2018
Z. Julie Gao of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP steered a bevy of blockbuster initial public offerings for Chinese issuers listing in the U.S. and Hong Kong in the past year, including smartphone giant Xiaomi Corp.'s $5.4 billion offering, which marked Hong Kong's first dual-class IPO, landing her among Law360's 2018 Capital Markets MVPs.
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December 17, 2018
Patrick Stueve of Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP was instrumental in guiding corn producers and others damaged by Syngenta's sales of genetically modified corn seed to a massive $1.51 billion settlement, earning a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Food & Beverage MVPs.
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December 14, 2018
Marc Mukasey of Greenberg Traurig LLP outmaneuvered the U.S. Department of Justice in two high-profile cases this year, including a jury acquittal in a speedy trial in which his client was facing up to 25 years in prison for commodities fraud, a feat that has landed him among Law360's 2018 White Collar MVPs.
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December 14, 2018
Mayer Brown LLP's Timothy Bishop prevailed in a jurisdictional dispute over the Obama-era Waters of the United States rule taking the matter to the Supreme Court for a definitive solution on the same day he had a second case accepted by the high court for review, making him one of Law360's 2018 Environmental MVPs.
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December 14, 2018
Former White House associate counsel Irwin Raij of O'Melveny & Myers LLP played a key role in a record-breaking deal this year in the National Football League and closed a first-of-its-kind agreement to boost soccer promotion in the states, landing him among Law360's 2018 Sports MVPs.
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December 14, 2018
The beverage world got a profound shock when Sean Doyle of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP helped Keurig Green Mountain acquire Dr Pepper Snapple Group, creating a $26 billion drink behemoth that landed Doyle among Law360's 2018 Food & Beverage MVPs.
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December 14, 2018
Marisa D. Stavenas of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP steered several complex financing transactions on behalf of Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., which refinanced bonds via loans from Blackstone Group LP's global credit arm, earning her a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Capital Markets MVPs.
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December 14, 2018
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Jay Lefkowitz convinced the Fourth Circuit that a Maryland drug pricing law violates the dormant commerce clause and is therefore unconstitutional, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Life Sciences MVPs.
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December 14, 2018
Scott Delacourt, a Wiley Rein LLP partner and chair of the firm's Federal Trade Commission practice group, has established himself as a leader on the hot-button policy topics of TCPA interpretation and connected-vehicle spectrum allocation, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 2018 Telecommunications MVPs.